ILCA awards competitive small grants to ILCA members who submit proposals with scientific merit. Grant applications are due April 1 of each year. If after reading the grant application (PDF file) you need more information about ILCA Research Grants, contact the Research Committee Chair, Joan E. Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC, at dodgson@hawaii.edu.

Past Winners of ILCA Research Grants:
 
Year Name (Amount of Award) Study Title or Topic (Presentation/Publication)
1997 Kay Hoover IBCLC, MA ($1000) Candidiasis. Survey of MDs
-- James Ogden MDNorfolk, VA Pediatric Resident Bf Education
1998 Karen Wambach RN, PhD Univ of Kansas ($2000) Mastitis/Descriptive
1999 Lynn Borucki PhD RN Supplementary tube feedings of breast milk
2000 Wil-Lie Chen PhD (c) Univ British ColumbiaVancouver BS ($4000) Breastfeeding experiences of Chinese women
2001 Polly Sisk RD IBCLC Univ North Carolina, Greensboro NC ($2200) Education and Support for Mothers of LBW
2002 Suzanne Campbell APRN, PhD, IBCLC. Fairfield, CT ($6000) Ultrasound and recurrent plugged ducts
2004 Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, RNC, MS ($5000) University of Massachusetts, Lowell Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy in African American Women.
2005 Ilana Chertok PhD, RN, IBCLC, University of Illinois, Chicago and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva, Israel ($4000) A Prospective Study Of The Relationship Between Ultra-Thin Nipple Shield Use, Breast Milk Intake Of Term Infants, And Maternal Satisfaction
2006  Jayne R. Charlamb, MD, IBCLC, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medicine, Breast Care Center, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, US. The title of her work is "Staphylococcus aureus Carrier Status in Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants and the Risk of Lactation Mastitis: A Large Prospective Study".
 
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